China’s stimulus push may be paying off. The pickup in industrial output and the jump in lending suggest the economy may be stabilizing. But does this mean Beijing will meet its 7% growth target?
Investors sold gold through bullion-backed funds, cutting holdings to a four-month low, on speculation that the Federal Reserve is getting closer to […]
Wealthy Chinese who made their country into the world’s second-biggest market for diamonds are now increasingly traveling abroad to buy the stones, at a time when ostentatious purchases are frowned upon at home.
A nuclear-power boom in Asia that’s set to drive up uranium prices is triggering a resurgence in mining in Australia, home to the world’s largest reserves.
Quebec is prepared to buy a rail line and port facilities that service a shuttered Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. iron-ore mine to pave the way for the operation to reopen under new owners.
RioZim Ltd., which mines gold, diamonds and coal in Zimbabwe, wants to work with state-owned power utilities in South Africa and Namibia to build a 1,400-megawatt electricity plant near its Sengwa coal fields.
India's Prime Minster Narendra Modi's plans to shift the country's economy toward manufacturing and away from agriculture and services are being held up by a different kind of coal shortage.
